Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

171. A firm’s ______________ may be expressed formally through its mission statement or code of ethics.

1. policies.
2. culture.
3. vision.
4. strategy.

 

172. ______________ teams frequently include people from numerous functional areas, formed specifically to devise, design and implement a new product.

1. project.
2. quality-assurance.
3. task force.
4. product-development teams.

 

173. ______________ involves the division of labor into individual tasks.

1. segmentation.
2. empowerment.
3. unity of command.
4. specialization.

 

174. Decentralization requires that lower-level managers have strong ______________ skills.

1. people.
2. financial.
3. mentoring.
4. decision-making.

 

175. In ______________ organizations, employees may lack the authority to carry out certain decisions.

1. staff.
2. line.
3. line-and-staff.
4. division.

 

176. Customer departmentalization arranges jobs based on the ______________ of various customer groups.

1. niches.
2. demographics.
3. needs.
4. location.

 

177. The key to success in any organization is satisfying ______________

1. employees.
2. markets.
3. government.
4. stakeholders.

 

178. Organizations with few layers are considered ______________ and as a consequence have ______________ spans of management.

1. wide; tall.
2. tall; narrow.
3. flat; wide.
4. flat; narrow.

 

179. Finance, marketing, and human resources are examples of ______________ departmentalization.

1. geographical.
2. customer.
3. functional.
4. production.

 

180. The simplest organizational structure is a ______________ structure, with direct lines of authority from the top to the lowest level of the organization.

1. staff.
2. line.
3. line-and-staff.
4. division.